diff --git a/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c b/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
index 85a61167aa10d..870f904e9c3e3 100644
--- a/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
+++ b/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ php_stream *php_stream_url_wrap_http_ex(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path,
 	int redirected = ((flags & HTTP_WRAPPER_REDIRECTED) != 0);
 	int follow_location = 1;
 	php_stream_filter *transfer_encoding = NULL;
+	int response_code;
 
 	tmp_line[0] = '\0';
 
@@ -657,7 +658,6 @@ php_stream *php_stream_url_wrap_http_ex(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path,
 
 		if (php_stream_get_line(stream, tmp_line, sizeof(tmp_line) - 1, &tmp_line_len) != NULL) {
 			zval *http_response;
-			int response_code;
 
 			if (tmp_line_len > 9) {
 				response_code = atoi(tmp_line + 9);
@@ -731,7 +731,9 @@ php_stream *php_stream_url_wrap_http_ex(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path,
 			http_header_line[http_header_line_length] = '\0';
 
 			if (!strncasecmp(http_header_line, "Location: ", 10)) {
-				if (context && php_stream_context_get_option(context, "http", "follow_location", &tmpzval) == SUCCESS) {
+				/* we only care about Location for 300, 301, 302, 303 and 307 */
+				/* see http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3.1 */
+				if ((response_code >= 300 && response_code < 304 || 307 == response_code) && context && php_stream_context_get_option(context, "http", "follow_location", &tmpzval) == SUCCESS) {
 					SEPARATE_ZVAL(tmpzval);
 					convert_to_long_ex(tmpzval);
 					follow_location = Z_LVAL_PP(tmpzval);